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Taiiku-no-hi ( 体育の日 ), el día de los deportes

El taiiku-no-hi es uno de los días festivos en Japón y es el día de los deportes, y por
extensión, de la salud. Tiene lugar el segundo lunes de octubre desde la adopción del
sistema de los lunes felices. Anteriormente se celebraba el 10 de octubre, en el
aniversario de la inauguración de los JJOO de Tokio’64. El taiiku-no-hi se empezó a
celebrar en1966.
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El día de los deportes sirve para promocionar la práctica deportiva y un estilo de vida
que ayude a mantener una buena salud. Este día es habitual que las escuelas organicen
jornadas deportivas ( 運動会 : undōkai) en las que todos los alumnos compiten delante
de los padres en pruebas de inspiración olímpica, como carreras o saltos

Health and Sports Day ( 体育の日  Taiiku no hi?), also knownas Health-Sports Day or Sports Day, is a national holiday in Japanheld
annually on the second Monday in October. It commemorates the opening of the 1964 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, and exists to
promote sports and an active lifestyle
History and current practice[edit]
A cycling event for the Health and Sports Day ( 体育の日 ) in 2011 near the city of Nihonmatsu, Fukushima
Thefrst Health and Sports Day was held on October 19, 1966, two years afer the  1964 Summer Olympics. October was chosen for the
unusually late Summer Olympics to avoid the Japanese rainy season, and Health and Sports Day continues to be one of the fairest days of the
year.[1]
In 2000, as a result of the Happy Monday Seido, Health and Sports Day was moved to the second Monday in October. [2]
As Health and Sports Day is a dayto promote sports and physical and mental health, many [citation needed] schools and businesses choose this day to
hold their annual Field Day ( 運動会  Undō-kai?), or sports day. This typically consists of a range of physical events ranging from more traditional
track-and-feld events such as the 100 metres or 4 x 100 metres relay to more uncommon events such as the tug of war and the Mock CavalryBattle ( 騎馬戦  Kiba-sen?).
Most communities and schools across Japan celebrate Sports Day with a sports festival which is similar to a mini Olympics. These festivals
include many of the traditional track and feld events, such as 4 x 100m relay, 100m sprinting, and long jump, as well as many other events.
Some of the events include: ball toss, tug-o-war, rugby-ball dribbling races, sack races, and soon. Another common event is ofen simply called
the “exciting relay”, which is an obstacle course relay including any number of diferent challenges:  Three-legged races, making a stretcher with
a blanket and bamboo poles and then carrying an “injured” teammate, laundry hanging, crawling on hands and knees under a net, and doing  
cartwheels across a mat.
The festival usually begins around 8:30 amwith a parade featuring all the diferent teams that will be participating: it could be divided by
neighbourhood, class, geographic area, or school. There is sometimes a local marching band providing music. Once the parade has gone around
the feld and lined up in the middle, the band will play Kimigayo and the Japanese flag will be raised. Local ofcials will make speeches
welcoming everyone. Ofeneveryone will spread out across the grounds for group stretching (this stretching routine was developed by the
government and is done daily by many Japanese people; the stretching routine music is broadcast daily on the radio and TV). Then it is time to
start the events.
Every event has prizes for the winners, usually something useful for around the house such as boxes of tissues, laundry detergent,dish soap,
hand soap, saran wrap, wax paper, cooking oil and so on. Around 12:00 noon, the events will take a pause for lunch and sometimes traditional  
dancing. Lunch is usually a Bentō (lunchbox), typically including rice, fsh, stewed vegetables,  sushi, onigiri (rice balls) and other small Japanese
treats.
As with the Olympics, the fnal event of the day is the 4 x 100m relay or 100m...